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Court Of Appeal Delivers Judgment In Glenanne Report Challenge

5 July 2019 | 12 September 2019

The Court of Appeal upheld a decision that the brother of Edward Barnard had a procedural legitimate expectation that an overarching report would be carried out by an independent police team but concluded that there was no enforceable duty under Article 2 ECHR given the passage of time since the...

The Museum of British Colonialism

| 25 September 2018

AN EXPLORATION OF BRITISH COLONIALISM The Museum of British Colonialism has been realised to creatively communicate a more truthful account of British colonialism. We have a documentary and a pilot exhibition in the works and will use this site to gather, share, present and comment on material and...

Criminal Conduct and Non-Accountability of soldiers in the North of Ireland

General submission from M&F concerning 1972 RMP/RUC 'Gentleman's Agreement', Shooting with Impunity, General Lawlessness of Soldiers, Modification of Plastic Bullets, Private Supplies of Bullets, Breaches of Yellow Card and the Reputation of the Paras.

MI5 and the 'Hooded Men'

Tom Griffin | 11 September 2017

MI5 and the Hooded Men: The role of David Eastwood in Operation Calaba In recent months, the Pat Finucane Centre has uncovered an array of new evidence pointing to the use of waterboarding and electric shock treatment by army and RUC interrogators in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.

PFC submission to Committee of Ministers re McKerr & ors v UK

21 Sept 2017 | 21 September 2017

Below is the PFC's recent submission to the Committee of Ministers concerning the McKerr group of cases. We have also attached the statement by the Irish Government to the CoM and their response issued today. Copies of other useful documents can be found on the Council of Europe website and the...

Lord Chief Justice admits: "We are breaking the law"

PFC Press Release | 05 September 2016

Families bereaved in the conflict are today witnessing the most senior judge in this jurisdiction publicly admitting his office is breaking the law. This is the only possible conclusion arising from a speech by the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, given at the opening of the new legal year.

Durkan: Finucane Findings Reveal Appalling Policy Of Army Immunity

SDLP Press Statement | 14 September 2010

SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan has said new findings by the Pat Finucane Centre establish a clear level of engagement between the Attorney General Sir Basil Kelly and representatives of the British Army in 1971 which led to the "appalling decision" that any soldier should be immune from prosecution for...

Submission by head of MI5

Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller | 20 September 2005

The head of MI5 (the UK's internal security service), Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, has submitted a statement to the Court of Appeal in the House of Lords on the use of intelligence from a third state which may have been obtained by the use of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment. (PFC note-MI5...